IRAN: Heating Up

The power squeeze on Iran grew tighter by the
day. Sharp Russian pressure was bearing down from the north, and now a
mild U.S. push was coming up from the south. Between them lay the
helpless, hapless Government of Premier Ebrahim Ha-kimi.

The stream of Iranian notes pleading permission to suppress the revolt
in Russian-occupied Azerbaijan drew a bitter, accusing blast from
Moscow. Because Government constabulary had provoked incidents in
Azerbaijan, the Red Army would admit no Iranian troops into the Iranian
province. While it was on the subject, Moscow also turned down a U.S.
proposal that all Allied troops leave...